Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act 2013 · As enacted
14. Amendment of section 66 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Section 66 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the insertion, immediately before the definition of “aquaculture”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent,
Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and
Unregulated Fishing 2009” means the
Agreement to prevent, dater and eliminate
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU)
fishing through the implementation of effective port state measures, and thereby to ensure the long term conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources and marine ecosystems, signed in Rome on
November 22, 2009;’;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of “authorized officer”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “Conservation and management measures”
means the measures taken to conserve or manage one or more species of living marine resources;’;
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by the insertion, immediately after the definition of “fishing operation”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “Fish Stocks Agreement 1995” means the
Agreement for the Implementation of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982, relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, signed in New York on
December 04, 1995;’;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of “foreign fishing boat”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “High Seas” means the waters beyond Sri Lanka waters or beyond the waters within the national jurisdiction of any other State:’;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of “import”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “Indian Ocean Tuna Commission” means the
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission established by the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, adopted by the Council of the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) in Rome on November 25, 1993;’;
and
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of “Sri Lanka waters”, of the following new definition:—
‘ “United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea of December 10, 1982” means the
Convention on the Law of the Sea signed in
Montego Bay, Jamaica on December 10,
1982.’.
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